Another day, another Snapchat update. But this week Snapchat have come out with a jazzy new update which lets users create custom stories with their friends, making a communal story based on a location or shared event.

When making the custom story you can add your friends as contributors, so when they create a new snap, they have the option to add it to your communal story. In addition to making the story, you can also set a ‘geofence’ which means the story is set to a specific location, so you will only have the option to see the story if you’re in that specific place.

The new update is a great idea for birthday parties, family gathering or baby showers so that only the family or friends can see it. The stories will disappear if no-one contributes to them for 24 hours much like normal Snapchat Stories. This new feature is available now on the newest update for

This new feature is available now on the newest update for Snapchat on iOS.